2004–05 Scottish Premier League

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The 2004–05 Scottish Premier League was won by Rangers, who claimed the title on the final day of the season by a single point from Celtic, who had gone into the final fixtures leading and were still ahead in the closing minutes of their last game against Motherwell until they conceded two goals (both scored by striker Scott McDonald),[1] costing them the title with Rangers winning their match against Hibernian in Edinburgh.[2] The dramatic events became known in popular culture as 'Helicopter Sunday' due to the aircraft ceremonially delivering the championship trophy changing direction in mid-flight as the identity of its winners altered suddenly.[3]

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Scottish Premier League
Season2004–05
Dates6 August 2004 – 21 May 2005
ChampionsRangers
4th Premier League title
51st Scottish title
Champions LeagueRangers
Celtic
UEFA CupHibernian
Dundee United
Intertoto CupNone
Matches played228
Goals scored595 (2.61 per match)
Top goalscorerJohn Hartson (25)
Biggest home winCeltic 6–0 Dunfermline (12 March)
Biggest away winLivingston 0–4 Celtic (13 April)
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As league champions, Rangers qualified for the UEFA Champions League group stage, with runners-up Celtic also qualifying to the third qualifying round. Third-placed Hibernian qualified for the UEFA Cup, as did Dundee United, who took the Scottish Cup place despite losing the final to Celtic.

Dundee were relegated, and Scottish First Division winners Falkirk were promoted.

John Hartson was the top scorer with 25 goals for Celtic, whose manager Martin O'Neill stepped down at the end of the season after five years and a host of major trophies.

Teams

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Promotion and relegation from 2003–04

Promoted from First Division to Premier League

Relegated from Premier League to First Division

Stadia and locations

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Aberdeen Celtic Dundee Dundee United
Pittodrie Stadium Celtic Park Dens Park Tannadice Park
Capacity: 20,866[4] Capacity: 60,411[5] Capacity: 11,506[6] Capacity: 14,223[7]
Dunfermline Athletic


Heart of Midlothian
East End Park Tynecastle Park
Capacity: 12,509[8] Capacity: 17,420[9]
Hibernian Inverness Caledonian Thistle
Easter Road Caledonian Stadium[10]
Capacity: 16,531[11] Capacity: 7,500[12]
Kilmarnock Livingston Motherwell Rangers
Rugby Park Almondvale Stadium Fir Park Ibrox Stadium
Capacity: 17,889[13] Capacity: 10,016[14] Capacity: 13,677[15] Capacity: 50,817[16]
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Personnel

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Date of vacancy Manner of departure Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Aberdeen Scotland Steve Paterson 24 May 2004 Sacked Pre-season Scotland Jimmy Calderwood 28 May 2004
Dunfermline Athletic Scotland Jimmy Calderwood 28 May 2004 Signed by Aberdeen Scotland David Hay 17 June 2004
Livingston Scotland David Hay 1 June 2004 Contract Expired Scotland Allan Preston 4 June 2004
Heart of Midlothian Scotland Craig Levein 29 October 2004 Signed by Leicester City 6th Scotland John Robertson 3 November 2004
Inverness Caledonian Thistle Scotland John Robertson 3 November 2004 Signed by Heart of Midlothian 9th Scotland Craig Brewster 25 November 2004
Livingston Scotland Allan Preston 25 November 2004 Sacked 12th Scotland Richard Gough 30 November 2004
Dundee United Scotland Ian McCall 14 March 2005 Sacked 12th Scotland Gordon Chisholm 14 March 2005 (interim)
14 May 2005 (permanent)
Dunfermline Athletic Scotland David Hay 3 May 2005 Sacked 12th Scotland Jim Leishman 3 May 2005
Heart of Midlothian Scotland John Robertson 9 May 2005 Sacked 5th Scotland Steven Pressley
Scotland John McGlynn (joint caretakers)
11 May 2005
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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
1 Rangers (C) 38 29 6 3 78 22 +56 93 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
2 Celtic 38 30 2 6 85 35 +50 92 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3 Hibernian 38 18 7 13 64 57 +7 61 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4 Aberdeen 38 18 7 13 44 39 +5 61
5 Heart of Midlothian 38 13 11 14 43 41 +2 50
6 Motherwell 38 13 9 16 46 49 3 48
7 Kilmarnock 38 15 4 19 49 55 6 49
8 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 38 11 11 16 41 47 6 44
9 Dundee United 38 8 12 18 41 59 18 36 Qualification for the UEFA Cup second qualifying round[b]
10 Livingston 38 9 8 21 34 61 27 35
11 Dunfermline Athletic 38 8 10 20 34 60 26 34
12 Dundee (R) 38 8 9 21 37 71 34 33 Relegation to the Scottish First Division
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Source: Scottish Professional Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Teams played each other three times (33 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last five matches.
  2. As Celtic, the 2004–05 Scottish Cup winners, qualified for the UEFA Champions League via their league position, the place in the UEFA Cup was passed onto Dundee United, the cup runners-up.

Results

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Matches 1–22

During matches 1–22 each team played every other team twice (home and away).

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Home \ Away ABE CEL DND DUN DNF HOM HIB INV KIL LIV MOT RAN
Aberdeen 0–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–1 0–1 0–0 3–2 2–0 2–1 0–0
Celtic 2–3 3–0 1–0 3–0 3–0 2–1 3–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 1–0
Dundee 1–0 2–2 1–0 1–2 0–1 1–4 3–1 3–1 0–0 1–2 0–2
Dundee United 1–1 0–3 1–2 1–2 1–1 1–4 2–1 3–0 1–0 0–1 1–1
Dunfermline Athletic 0–1 0–2 3–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 4–1 0–0 1–1 1–2
Heart of Midlothian 0–0 0–2 3–0 3–2 3–0 2–1 1–0 3–0 0–0 0–1 0–0
Hibernian 2–1 2–2 4–4 2–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 0–1
Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1–3 1–3 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–2 0–2 2–0 1–1 1–1
Kilmarnock 0–1 2–4 3–1 5–2 1–0 1–1 3–1 2–2 1–3 2–0 0–1
Livingston 0–2 2–4 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–2 0–2 3–0 0–2 2–3 1–4
Motherwell 0–0 2–3 3–0 4–2 2–1 2–0 1–2 1–2 0–1 2–0 0–2
Rangers 5–0 2–0 3–0 1–1 3–0 3–2 4–1 1–0 2–0 4–0 4–1
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Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 23–33

During matches 23–33 each team played every other team once (either at home or away).

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Home \ Away ABE CEL DND DUN DNF HOM HIB INV KIL LIV MOT RAN
Aberdeen 1–1 3–0 2–0 1–3 1–2
Celtic 3–2 3–0 6–0 0–2 2–0 0–2
Dundee 2–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–1 0–2
Dundee United 1–2 2–3 2–2 2–1 1–1
Dunfermline Athletic 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–4 0–0 0–1
Heart of Midlothian 1–0 1–2 0–2 3–0 3–1 1–2
Hibernian 1–3 4–0 3–2 3–0 0–3
Inverness Caledonian Thistle 0–1 0–2 3–2 2–0 3–0 1–0
Kilmarnock 0–1 0–1 3–0 2–1 0–1
Livingston 0–4 0–2 1–1 1–4 3–1 1–1
Motherwell 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–3
Rangers 0–1 3–0 1–1 2–1 3–0
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Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 34–38

During matches 34–38 each team played every other team in their half of the table once.

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Top scorers

Source: SPL official website

Attendances

The average attendances for SPL clubs during the 2004–05 season are shown below:

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Team Average
Celtic 57,906
Rangers 48,676
Aberdeen 13,576
Hibernian 12,541
Hearts 12,219
Dundee United 8,210
Motherwell 6,960
Dundee 6,879
Dunfermline Athletic 6,192
Kilmarnock 5,930
Livingston 5,157
Inverness CT 4,067
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Source: SPL official website

Monthly awards

References

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